dvb_frontend_reinitialise(9)

💫 dvb_frontend_reinitialise(9) 💫

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this is the page for dvb_frontend_reinitialise, and honestly it's a short one but it's got main character energy anyway 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

dvb_frontend_reinitialise — forces a reinitialisation at the frontend 🔥

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void dvb_frontend_reinitialise (struct dvb_frontend *fe );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• fe — pointer to struct dvb_frontend 💖 this is the frontend you're about to hit the reset button on, no cap

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so what does it actually do, right? it calls dvb_frontend_ops.init and dvb_frontend_ops.tuner_ops.init, and then it resets SEC tone and voltage (for Satellite systems). that's the whole vibe check 🛰️✨

so like: two init calls, plus a SEC tone + voltage reset, and the SEC bit is specifically a Satellite systems thing, iykyk 💫

👑 NOTE 👑

currently, this function is used only by one driver (budget-av). it seems to be due to address some special issue with that specific frontend 🙈 like, it's giving "very niche, very specific" and we respect it

ngl bestie, "only one driver uses this" is the whole note — don't go thinking it's a general-purpose thing, because the manual is literally telling you it isn't 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./include/media/dvb_frontend.h struct:

• dvb_frontend_tune_settings(9)
• struct dvb_tuner_info(9)
• struct analog_parameters(9)
• enum dvbfe_algo(9)
• enum dvbfe_search(9)
• struct dvb_tuner_ops(9)
• struct analog_demod_info(9)
• struct analog_demod_ops(9)
• struct dvb_frontend_internal_info(9)
• struct dvb_frontend_ops(9)
• struct dtv_frontend_properties(9)
• struct dvb_frontend(9)
• dvb_register_frontend(9)
• dvb_unregister_frontend(9)
• dvb_frontend_detach(9)
• dvb_frontend_suspend(9)
• dvb_frontend_resume(9)
• dvb_frontend_sleep_until(9)

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and that's the page, bestie 🫶 it lives in ./include/media and it's dated October 2026 — so go forth, reinitialise that frontend, and slay 💅⭐🍓